Table 5.
Clinicopathological factors of patients with vs. those without primary delayed gastric emptying (n = 78)
| Without primary DGE (n = 50) | With primary DGE (n = 28) | Univariate P value |
Multivariate P value (OR, 95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient characteristics | |||||
| Age | 68 (37–85) | 67.5 (44–81) | 0.64 | ||
| Gender | Male/female | 26/24 | 14/14 | 0.87 | |
| Body mass index | 20.9 (15.1–38.8) | 20.9 (15.3–30.5) | 0.49 | ||
| Diabetes mellitus | Yes/no | 13/37 | 4/24 | 0.23 | |
| Preoperative biliary drainage | Yes/no | 28/22 | 16/12 | 0.92 | |
| Pancreatic adenocarcinoma | Yes/no | 27/23 | 13/15 | 0.52 | |
| Preoperative chemoradiation | Yes/no | 25/25 | 10/18 | 0.22 | |
| Surgical parameters | |||||
| Surgical procedure | SSPPD/conventional PD | 46/4 | 27/1 | 0.65 | |
| Laparoscopic-assisted PD | Yes/no | 2/48 | 1/27 | 1 | |
| Portal vein resection | Yes/no | 26/24 | 14/14 | 0.87 | |
| Year of surgeon experience>/=15 years | Yes/no | 19/31 | 11/17 | 0.91 | |
| Operative time (min) | 530 (330–800) | 520 (327–813) | 0.78 | ||
| Blood loss (ml) | 800 (5–5089) | 807 (200–6680) | 0.93 | ||
| Method of alimentary reconstruction | HA/SA | 30/20 | 23/5 | 0.044* | 0.032* ( 0.224, 0.043–0.882 ) |
* stastically significant p values (p < 0.05 )
DGE delayed gastric emptying, SSPPD subtotal stomach preserved pancreatoduodenectomy, PD pancreatoduodenectomy, HA hand-sewn end to side anastomosis, SA stapled side-to-side anastomosis